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Look Up! See The Orionid Meteor Shower

Sunday, October 2, 2022, sees the beginning of the bright Orionid meteor shower above Earth. The meteor shower will remain visible until Nov. 7 but will peak around Oct. 21, reports Space.

About the Orionids

The Orionids take their name from the fact they are at their brightest  —  the radiant point — with the most meteors visible in the direction of the constellation Orion the Hunter.

Though the Orionids may appear to come from this constellation this isn’t their source. They are actually caused...

https://mfame.guru/look-up-see-the-orionid-meteor-shower/

SpaceWaves: What it takes to build a Martian supply chain (with video)

Sydney Do joined SpaceWaves to talk about the Martian Supply Chain.

Sydney Do, systems engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, hopes to send humans to orbit Mars and come back in the late 2030s. Following a successful orbit and round-trip mission to Mars and back, the next missions would send astronauts to land on the surface of Mars for progressively longer amounts of time. Even though it may be more than a decade before humans set foot on Mars, the logistical planning has already started.

In a SpaceWaves Fireside Chat on Thursday, Do and Andrew Cox,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/spacewaves-what-it-takes-to-get-humans-to-mars

SpaceWaves: Cargo rockets and a space economy (with video)

Cowing joins for a SpaceWaves talk about the space economy.

Private companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin are entering the space exploration industry with a bang. 

Companies are now designing reusable rockets and offshore platforms, so the costs of launching rockets into space are based more on the prices of natural gas and liquid oxygen, according to Keith Cowing, the longtime editor at NASA Watch. And using rockets to transport cargo across the world is growing in popularity as the FAA decided to ease regulations for commercial space transport in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/spacewaves-the-race-for-space-supremacy

NASA Geologist To Set Foot on Both The Moon and Mars

  • NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is a new crop of space explorers.
  • Watkins graduated as a member of NASA’s newest astronaut class.
  • She is a leading candidate to participate in the agency’s Artemis programme.
  • It aims to send people back to the Moon by the end of 2024 and also Mars.

According to an article published in Scientific Journal and authored by Alexandra Witze, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is at the forefront of a new crop of space explorers destined for the moon and maybe one day Mars.

https://mfame.guru/nasa-geologist-to-set-foot-on-both-the-moon-and-mars/

U.S. Plans To Legalize Mining on The Moon

  • American administration plans to mine the moon for valuable regolith.
  • Nicknamed NASA’s Artemis program U.S.-led international agreement about using the moon for materials.
  • Artemis Accords are meant to help cement both America’s plans to put a station on the moon.
  • It also identifies the role of space travel it will play in international diplomacy.
  • Plans to establish neutral zones to prevent diplomatic and commercial disagreements.
  • No one owns the moon and no one specific owner country can...

https://mfame.guru/u-s-plans-to-legalize-mining-on-the-moon/

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